Marcus Kruger

[Eye of Ra]

What are you guys memories of this guy? Was he not during several seasons a very good bottom 6 center?

 

[Mrfenn92]

He was a very good bottom 6, penalty killing guy. Had some big goals in the playoffs.

 

[bwanajamba]

Amazing defensive center who was a crucial part of two Cup teams. One of my favorite role players ever to play for the Blackhawks

 

[giza]

Funny thing about Kruger is that he was supposed to be offensive......kind of altered his game to stay in the bigs and prosper in a role.....demonstrates a lot to be able to do that successfully. Seems to think a lot of Frondell too.

 

[Paul Allen]

Solid shutdown bottom 6 C. His passes were probably about as hard as his shots were. Made some nice passes as he had some playmaker traits coming into the league.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

a player you win with

 

[x Tame Impala]

My first real impression of HFBoards when I joined were the epic "Is Marcus Kruger a 2C?" debates, lead by @Bubba88

Kruger was a warrior, put everything on the line, took the shitty assignments and physical punishment so we could win.

 

[Chelios]

The thing that always impressed me about Kruger is that, especially for not being a big guy, he would take all these hits and just keep on going

 

[bwana63]

a significant portion of our fanbase hated him, which made me love him even more. great bottom 6 defensive center, 3 time (or was it 2?) champ, underrated piece by many in our title runs

 

[SavBigMoneyAtBedards]

Everything you could want from a 4th line center.
Took a lot of defensive zone starts, was good at tilting the ice back the other way.

Shot blocker, puck hound, and some big playoff moments.

Love the Kruger.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

a significant portion of our fanbase hated him, which made me love him even more. great bottom 6 defensive center, 3 time (or was it 2?) champ, underrated piece by many in our title runs

was this after he took a one year deal with a likely handshake agreement on the extension that came after the season?

 

[bwana63]

was this after he took a one year deal with a likely handshake agreement on the extension that came after the season?

forgot about that. most definitely was a big factor with those who had an axe to grind

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Nobody disliked Kruger the 4C. Plenty of us disliked Kruger the supposed 2C.

The guy dragged Bollig around on a shut down line for God's sake.

 

[Pez68]

a significant portion of our fanbase hated him, which made me love him even more. great bottom 6 defensive center, 3 time (or was it 2?) champ, underrated piece by many in our title runs

I don't recall anyone hating Kruger. Lol

 

[Mrfenn92]

I don't recall anyone hating Kruger. Lol

His extension after taking the one year low cap hit.

 

[vegarover]

The thing that always impressed me about Kruger is that, especially for not being a big guy, he would take all these hits and just keep on going

He got absolutely obliterated at least once a game, but yet somehow was pretty durable.

 

[pvr]

His most common play in the defensive zone was to toss the puck out of the zone once he finally got it. Usually mistaken for flipping the ice.